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congress should make no law to abridge the right of the law of the people to peaceabliys assemble to air grievances. i think the state has to show very good reason why there is a danger and why there is a potential violationa. of when you have a lot of people getting together to look to each other and argue and discuss what to do and what they want and on, that's the height of the democratic ideal. you need a very, very high hand stard to go against that. i don't see it. >> there were protests across the country, some bigger and some smaller. if this was a test of occupy's staying power, do you think it has that? >> yeah. i think the numbers of turn out at least in new york, were at the high end of numbers that showed up at any point in the fall. and the fact that occupy doesn't have a central place any more and is dispersed they would have to say it was a success is. they are out of hypeernation and got out of the cave and look around and flex their muscles and try to do a lot of things. a many strokes for many folks. now they are ready for the next accept. what that is anybody's gu
congress should make no law to abridge the right of the law of the people to peaceabliys assemble to air grievances. i think the state has to show very good reason why there is a danger and why there is a potential violationa. of when you have a lot of people getting together to look to each other and argue and discuss what to do and what they want and on, that's the height of the democratic ideal. you need a very, very high hand stard to go against that. i don't see it. >> there were...
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ion so though law can be enforced "cheating justice: how bush and cheney attacked the rule of law, plotted to avoid prosecution, and what can we do about it," thank you so much for being here. that's "viewpoint" for tonight. stay right here to enter "the war room" with jennifer grandholm. thank for watching. have a great night. >> hello to you political junkies. this is the war room. i am jennifer granholm. we are going to begin on the campaign front where mit no, ma'am romney is shadowing barackbar obama. it means stopping in the very places he has been and saying the exact opposite of what the president said. it's one of the oldest campaign tricks in the handbook and one that romney hopes will win him the white house. romney was in lorraine county ohio, which was the very same county president obama was in yesterday. notice their very different takes on the current state of the economy. >> under president obama these regulations have been crushing, burden some. the regulators see their job as pushing back on enterprise. if i am the president of the united states, we are going to rein bac
ion so though law can be enforced "cheating justice: how bush and cheney attacked the rule of law, plotted to avoid prosecution, and what can we do about it," thank you so much for being here. that's "viewpoint" for tonight. stay right here to enter "the war room" with jennifer grandholm. thank for watching. have a great night. >> hello to you political junkies. this is the war room. i am jennifer granholm. we are going to begin on the campaign front where...
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this is the man who said, i pay exactly what the law requires and not a dollar more. well, no he decided to pay more so he could say he paid 14%. >> eliot: this works very bad for him. >> somewhat. >> eliot: especially in the context that 47% are moochers. now the ordinary rate or top rate for someone who has a salary is 35%. >> romney said he's quarter $250 million. i suspect it's more than that. but many of them work tax free because of the rules we have that allow them to borrow against their untaxed assets and never pay taxes. he doesn't count them. >> eliot: and of course the great wisdom of this is we've made interest deductions deductible. >> it makes sense if we then level out and say we're also we don't. >> eliot: because what you're saying we've given a prevalence of debt over equity. >> exactly. >> eliot: and that prevalence of debt means we have more leverage and more volume tit of like the crises in 2008. >> and it's all borrowed money. you give us examples of how companies rip us off. >> yes. we pay to get the information over the super highway. as al go
this is the man who said, i pay exactly what the law requires and not a dollar more. well, no he decided to pay more so he could say he paid 14%. >> eliot: this works very bad for him. >> somewhat. >> eliot: especially in the context that 47% are moochers. now the ordinary rate or top rate for someone who has a salary is 35%. >> romney said he's quarter $250 million. i suspect it's more than that. but many of them work tax free because of the rules we have that allow...
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that's prohibited in the law. but let's go back to what governor romney indicated; that under his plan he would be able to cover people with preexisting conditions. governor what your plan does is to duplicate what is already the law, which says that, you know, if you are out of health insurance for three months then you can end up getting continuous coverage and an insurance company can't deny you if it has been under 90 days. but that's already the law, and that doesn't help the millions of people out there with preexisting conditions. there's a reason why governor romney set up the plan that he did in massachusetts. it was the largest expansion of private insurance, but what it does say is is insurers you have got to take everybody. that also means you have more customers, but when governor romney says he replace it with something, but can't detail how it will in fact be replaced -- and the reason he set up the system he did in massachusetts is because there isn't a better way of dealing with the preexisting co
that's prohibited in the law. but let's go back to what governor romney indicated; that under his plan he would be able to cover people with preexisting conditions. governor what your plan does is to duplicate what is already the law, which says that, you know, if you are out of health insurance for three months then you can end up getting continuous coverage and an insurance company can't deny you if it has been under 90 days. but that's already the law, and that doesn't help the millions of...
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as well as the voter suppression laws that have been passed. do you think that we are going to see a change in alec's tactics? >> well, you are seeing their pr change. i think that's all it is. they might get rid of one name of one task force but hold on to your wallet because they are after it. they are going to keep introducing the same legislation they have in state after state that's anti-consumer, anti-worker, totally about privatizing, destroying public education. we saw a piece of legislation that came in jennifer towards the end of our session this year that was to create taxpayer funded vouchers for kids with special needs that no disability group supported whatsoever but it was all about destroying public education and trying to privatize education and it was the exact bill with an open records request that the organization that gave it to the legislator to introduce, it was word for word the alec model legislation and they even give you recommendations on what to name the bill. name it after a kid with a special need because it makes
as well as the voter suppression laws that have been passed. do you think that we are going to see a change in alec's tactics? >> well, you are seeing their pr change. i think that's all it is. they might get rid of one name of one task force but hold on to your wallet because they are after it. they are going to keep introducing the same legislation they have in state after state that's anti-consumer, anti-worker, totally about privatizing, destroying public education. we saw a piece of...
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we will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals and mad men. that's not what i got from your description the meeting. do you agree with their statement? do you feel that your second amendment liberties are at risk now? >> well, that really all depends on what the proposals are and what happens to them. you know, we live in a democracy. the president, vice president the administration, they have limitations. they can propose legislative ideas and the fight is going to shift on to capitol hill. those ideas have to become legislation before they ever become law. >> john: did anyone during this meeting mention conceivably confiscating any gun owner's weapons at all? >> never came up in this meeting today. but you know, let's talk about it for a moment. >> john: please. >> if you really wanted to succeed in a magazine limitation, the only way you could succeed would be to confiscate the 100 million high-capacity magazines that already exist out there. that's part of the problem. to ban the future sale is going to have no impact whatsoever. and it's
we will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals and mad men. that's not what i got from your description the meeting. do you agree with their statement? do you feel that your second amendment liberties are at risk now? >> well, that really all depends on what the proposals are and what happens to them. you know, we live in a democracy. the president, vice president the administration, they have limitations. they can propose legislative ideas and the fight...
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>>i got accepted into law school. >>dad? >>[all speaking at once] >>mom, dad. >>i love you. >>i love you. >>i'll never hear my child say those words again. >>and i'm only one of thousands of parents who will have to experience the death of a teen. >>join the movement to prevent teen driving deaths. >>join the movement to prevent teen driving deaths at facebook.com/save11 [ kristal ] we're just taking a sample of all our different items in our festival of shrimp. the crab-stuffed shrimp are awesome! tequila lime tacos. [ man ] delicious! [ male announcer ] it's festival of shrimp! for $12.99 try any two shrimp creations like new barbeque glazed shrimp. offer ends soon. we're servers at red lobster. and we sea food differently. all have in common? sam adams! last year we brewed more than one new beer every week. some we'd been experimenting with for years others...we just found a cool ingredient. many we brewed just once to see how they would taste. why? -- because at sam adams we love beer. ♪ ♪ >> i'm calling on congress to extend tax credits home run set to expire at the
>>i got accepted into law school. >>dad? >>[all speaking at once] >>mom, dad. >>i love you. >>i love you. >>i'll never hear my child say those words again. >>and i'm only one of thousands of parents who will have to experience the death of a teen. >>join the movement to prevent teen driving deaths. >>join the movement to prevent teen driving deaths at facebook.com/save11 [ kristal ] we're just taking a sample of all our different items...
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very clear about the murderous activities that had taken place, and that was contrary to international law and everything that civilized people stand for. so the strength we have shown in iran is shown by the fact we have been able to mobilize the world. when i came into office, the world was divided, iran was resurgent. iran is at its weakest point in many years, and we're going to continue to keep the pressure on to make sure they do not get a nuclear weapon. >> we're four years closer to a nuclear iran. we're four years closer to a nuclear iran. and we should not have wasted these four years to the extent they continue to be able to spin these centrifuges, and number two, mr. president the reason i call it an apology tour, is because you flew around the world, and by the way you skipped israel, but you didn't to the other nations. and they noticed that you skipped israel. and you said america had been dismissive and divisive. you said on occasion america had dictated from other nations -- >> bob, let me -- let me respond. if we're going to talk about trips we have taken, when i was a ca
very clear about the murderous activities that had taken place, and that was contrary to international law and everything that civilized people stand for. so the strength we have shown in iran is shown by the fact we have been able to mobilize the world. when i came into office, the world was divided, iran was resurgent. iran is at its weakest point in many years, and we're going to continue to keep the pressure on to make sure they do not get a nuclear weapon. >> we're four years closer...
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. >> would just like to stay that the law is written in black and white, it should not and cannot be enforced in the gray for those that are in the thin blue line. i would like to know what action the commission intends on making in order to repeal mr. tooley's pension. i believe that he has already forfeited his pension by his illegal cover up and corruption in what happened in his department. >> that's some pretty harsh criticism, but that police chief wound up stepping down because of that controversy, and we got a new one in bill lee. and it turns out that bill lee was teaching at the same community college that george zimmerman was taking classes. he said he had no contact with george zimmerman, but now we have an email where zimmerman actually wrote into them. i have high hopes for and restored faith in your administration and the sanford police department in his entirety. there his relationship seems to be much much better and bill lee is the one that made the decision not to arrest zimmerman in the first place. was race involved in we're not sure, but there is another story i
. >> would just like to stay that the law is written in black and white, it should not and cannot be enforced in the gray for those that are in the thin blue line. i would like to know what action the commission intends on making in order to repeal mr. tooley's pension. i believe that he has already forfeited his pension by his illegal cover up and corruption in what happened in his department. >> that's some pretty harsh criticism, but that police chief wound up stepping down...
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is there an argument that everyone should be treated the same under the law? >> no the way that the sentencing laws are structured in california you are supposed to take into account the individual needs of the defendant and what -- you are supposed to look at the motivation of the crime, so if you are found guilty of committing a theft, and it's because you are trying to support a drug habit, it makes sense to make you go through a 12-step drug treatment program to try to get off of drugs so you don't have that motivation again, so we do this a lot in the criminal justice system. we put people on probation which is what the alternative sentencing courts call for and taylor make their condition to fit what happens. >> all right. so -- so i'm going to close by asking you a leading question from one prosecutor to another, which is sadly california really does spend more on prisons than on colleges by far the amount of money that you have to spend to incarcerate somebody. >> here is the deal you -- you're not diverting money away from anything. these people -- th
is there an argument that everyone should be treated the same under the law? >> no the way that the sentencing laws are structured in california you are supposed to take into account the individual needs of the defendant and what -- you are supposed to look at the motivation of the crime, so if you are found guilty of committing a theft, and it's because you are trying to support a drug habit, it makes sense to make you go through a 12-step drug treatment program to try to get off of...
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they're trying to fix it and put it into the law anyway. led me show you a house bill in pennsylvania and what it says. watch this and tell me if they're judging women or forcing them to prove it or not: >> in other words, you got to fill out the forms. you claim you got raped. you claim you suffered incest. who was the person? where's all the bureaucratic things you need to do. we're going to judge you to figure out whether you got raped or not. come in front of our rape panel see if you can get an exception. these are the guys who say they are for small good afternoon? this is gigantic government. you would have to be mental as a woman in this country to vote for that and have them strip you of your rights and put you in front of panels like these. i can't believe you would vote for sick guys like this who want to take your rights away. luckily, most of you are not going to make that mistake and that's why they're going to lose that election. all right, now when we come back romney claims he has got to great record of governor when he was
they're trying to fix it and put it into the law anyway. led me show you a house bill in pennsylvania and what it says. watch this and tell me if they're judging women or forcing them to prove it or not: >> in other words, you got to fill out the forms. you claim you got raped. you claim you suffered incest. who was the person? where's all the bureaucratic things you need to do. we're going to judge you to figure out whether you got raped or not. come in front of our rape panel see if you...
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their six children -- actually five children and one daughter-in-law, the six -- these six individuals in the next generation now have more wealth than the bottom 30% of the american people. >> cenk: it's a stunning fact. >> al gore: i'm sure they are good people and all of that. it's not an attack on them but it is a vivid illustration of how our country is getting so unequal. and by the way, the ability of people to go into the stores and buy things and get the economy in healthier shape is severely damaged when all of that wealth is at the top. >> jennifer: what is so interesting to me is the sense of victimization that those who are very wealthy feel about this discussion on the tax policy. and it's not an attack on them. >> eliot: martin wolf said that something that is gaining popularity in europe is a wealth tax. there is a notion that you do have a wealth tax to permit overtime -- >> cenk: i wish them a lot of luck on that. we have about twoing minutes before the debate. i want to ask you guys who do you think is going to win? don't play the expectations game. eliot? >> eliot:
their six children -- actually five children and one daughter-in-law, the six -- these six individuals in the next generation now have more wealth than the bottom 30% of the american people. >> cenk: it's a stunning fact. >> al gore: i'm sure they are good people and all of that. it's not an attack on them but it is a vivid illustration of how our country is getting so unequal. and by the way, the ability of people to go into the stores and buy things and get the economy in...
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level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics >> but when it comes to the law they were very well within their rights to fetch those phone records watt the associated press knowing knowing about it. >> michael: it seems a lot of country, even a lot of media more and more of the media are coming around to that position. maybe now the president can get out there and talk about immigration and guns, the old city of chicago today for fundraisers as well. it looks like they're getting back to the business of being president. jim warren is with "the new york daily news." always great on "the war room"." thank you. >> a pleasure. >> michael: now we move to other political news. john mccain's one-man policy tour took in yemen today. mccain has pressed for military action against the assad regime and critical of the president's reluctance to intervene with that civil war. meanwhile, south carolina senator lindsey graham a close ally to mccain, tweeted this. best wishes to senator mccain if he doesn't come back, speaking dibs on his office. i thought that was kind of fun
level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics >> but when it comes to the law they were very well within their rights to fetch those phone records watt the associated press knowing knowing about it. >> michael: it seems a lot of country, even a lot of media more and more of the media are coming around to that position. maybe now the president can get out there and talk about immigration and guns, the old city of chicago today for fundraisers as well. it...
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it's our atmosphere that is not being protected under these well-founded laws. we're holding our government accountable to their legal responsibility. >> right on. i thank you. you answered the exact question about the judicial branch that i interrupted you for. phil i would like to go to you for a moment. is there any precedent for this kind of suit. >> you know, this suit has a background going all the way back to rome law through the magna carta where the sources are key where people are protected by the sovereign. and if not, the people can go to the sovereign through the courts and get the government to do its job. it's worked in navigational waters. it's worked in rivers, lakes, and now it's going to work for the key natural resource, our atmosphere. >> and in keeping in really tradition for all american history that all change comes from the people and the leaders have to catch up eventually. >> absolutely. you know, a lot of this comes from the civil rights movement, for example what happened with big tobacco. if you think about tobacco, it took the cour
it's our atmosphere that is not being protected under these well-founded laws. we're holding our government accountable to their legal responsibility. >> right on. i thank you. you answered the exact question about the judicial branch that i interrupted you for. phil i would like to go to you for a moment. is there any precedent for this kind of suit. >> you know, this suit has a background going all the way back to rome law through the magna carta where the sources are key where...
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doesn't obama know -- i mean suppression laws are going on. we're out here fighting for him. >> bill: voter suppression. never mentioned that. >> caller: i.d. laws. we're fighting on the ground for him and he comes not ready to play. he should have said a b c d. where was the boxing going on? >> bill: you know, he knows his stuff. you know he knows this stuff. you know he was frustrated last night. i don't know why he didn't -- maybe he felt he couldn't engage but you know, i thought he had to. we wanted him to. >> caller: he was campaigning too much. maybe he needed three days to lay down and relax. maybe he's been doing too much. >> bill: i don't know. but they spent two days in henderson, nevada with john kerry preparing for this debate. i guess -- as i said before the break, maybe hiring john kerry as his debate coach was the first mistake. lee in los angeles. what do you say? >> caller: hi, bill press. i've been with you here in california. >> bill: we had some good days out there lee. >> caller: we did. you know what, bill? i didn't unde
doesn't obama know -- i mean suppression laws are going on. we're out here fighting for him. >> bill: voter suppression. never mentioned that. >> caller: i.d. laws. we're fighting on the ground for him and he comes not ready to play. he should have said a b c d. where was the boxing going on? >> bill: you know, he knows his stuff. you know he knows this stuff. you know he was frustrated last night. i don't know why he didn't -- maybe he felt he couldn't engage but you know, i...
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. >> president obama was accepted into harvard law school based on his high marks at columbia university. mitt romney got into harvard because of daddy. ♪ >> today is bob dylan's 71st vice president al gore joins jennifer granholm. >>we're just getting started. >>the state of the 2012 campain. brought to you by spiriva handihaler. hershey's chocolate syrup. stir up a smile. >>> imagine a president who raises taxes 11 times raises the debt ceiling over a dozen times, who talks of our enemies dreams publicly of a world with no nukes, he never once balanced the federal budget and granted amnesty to illegal isle leens into the us. who let reagan into the party of reagan? and michael fumento who wrote for publications now says even reagan the patron saint of modern conservatism itself would be mortified by the far right. he writes in an excel leapt article for salon.com. and i quote him: joining me now via skype is the aforth mentioned michael fumento. thank you so much for your time sir and for joining us from columbia. >> my pleasure, really. >> it's great to have you. i really enjoyed yo
. >> president obama was accepted into harvard law school based on his high marks at columbia university. mitt romney got into harvard because of daddy. ♪ >> today is bob dylan's 71st vice president al gore joins jennifer granholm. >>we're just getting started. >>the state of the 2012 campain. brought to you by spiriva handihaler. hershey's chocolate syrup. stir up a smile. >>> imagine a president who raises taxes 11 times raises the debt ceiling over a dozen...
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asked with his ability to empathize with ordinary americans, he cited the health care law. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: wow, that really smacks of desperation. he said don't forget i got everyone in my state insured. 100% of the children got health insurance. so you want to repeal obamacare which was based on your plan. >> actually romny care went further >> stephanie: that's awesome. >> so he etch-a-sketched it away, and now he is etch-a-sketching it back. >> obamacare is terrible, and romney care is even worse, i'm for being against it -- >> stephanie: now i'm for it again. he said were we to reelect president obama there's no question in my mind we would face four more difficult years, if i'm elected president -- no when i'm elected president. i'm very pleased with some polls, and not so pleased with others. frankly at this stage, polls go up, polls go down. >> computer says no. [ wah wah ] >> there may be a bump or two after the debates on either side. >> stephanie: yeah. mitt romney >> romney: i was yesterday with a woman who was emotional and she said i have been out
asked with his ability to empathize with ordinary americans, he cited the health care law. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: wow, that really smacks of desperation. he said don't forget i got everyone in my state insured. 100% of the children got health insurance. so you want to repeal obamacare which was based on your plan. >> actually romny care went further >> stephanie: that's awesome. >> so he etch-a-sketched it away, and now he is etch-a-sketching it back....
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i met senator kerry back in 1984 when i was in law school. he was senator from massachusetts obviously. had enormous respect for him. the one factor that may be a problem is if elizabeth warren wins the united states senate seat as i certainly hope she does and the senate is almost in equilibrium. if he were to leave the senate and then that seat would be up for election at the next cycle and scott brown would want to come back and run for it, the prospect he might be able to re-claim the seat because he's a popular guy in massachusetts might weigh heavily on whether or not you could take away a popular democratic senator. i hate to do it because i would love to see john kerry as secretary of state. this is the second tier consideration you have to think about. >> cenk: that's a really interesting dynamic. we'll talk more about that because i'm curious to see who others would do at the table in a similar situation. we also have vice president joe biden coming up soon as well. come right back here to current's coverage of the democratic nation
i met senator kerry back in 1984 when i was in law school. he was senator from massachusetts obviously. had enormous respect for him. the one factor that may be a problem is if elizabeth warren wins the united states senate seat as i certainly hope she does and the senate is almost in equilibrium. if he were to leave the senate and then that seat would be up for election at the next cycle and scott brown would want to come back and run for it, the prospect he might be able to re-claim the seat...
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it's the law of the land. even john roberts said so. so it now has teeth and authority that it didn't have before. >> so where do republicans go from here? right? john boehner saying yesterday, if the supreme court didn't repeal it, we'll repeal it. mitch mcconnell says the american people want us to start from scratch. right? mitt romney says, i will repeal it on day one of my presidency. you know talking points memo this morning, if i bring it up again, after healthcare ruling g.o.p. hits rewind as democrats look to the future. >> that's basically all they've got. right? >> that's what they've got. i think they are going to try to force some kind of replay of the summer of 2009. >> that's what we need. >> that's exactly what we need. but i think that's what they are going to try to do. you know, they have already started on the tax increase thing. you know, i don't blame them for doing that. if i were them, i would come out of this saying that, too. this is now a tax increase and it breaks its pledge not to raise taxes on middle incom
it's the law of the land. even john roberts said so. so it now has teeth and authority that it didn't have before. >> so where do republicans go from here? right? john boehner saying yesterday, if the supreme court didn't repeal it, we'll repeal it. mitch mcconnell says the american people want us to start from scratch. right? mitt romney says, i will repeal it on day one of my presidency. you know talking points memo this morning, if i bring it up again, after healthcare ruling g.o.p....
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law. layers gave arguments last night. it could stop 1 million people from cast be their ballot come november. advocates say it is to prevent voter fraud and a new study says voter laws do protect minority voters. they forget to mention the paper's author. horace cooper has quite a history of false tying documents. as it is reported this morning he was not middle of the abromov scandal. he wrote the voter i.d. study for the national public policy research. the group calls itself a conservative think tank. >> no disaster relief for american ranchers for the next five week. as bill mentioned earlier congress is leaving on august recess before passing a new farm bill or short term aid package. it's an especially hard blow considering the recent lack of rain. the drought upon for released yesterday says 23% of land is in extreme drought condition. a pile of other bills is left unturned including a renewal to protect women from domestic violence and routine spending bills and tax measures. jobs report will be out within the hou
law. layers gave arguments last night. it could stop 1 million people from cast be their ballot come november. advocates say it is to prevent voter fraud and a new study says voter laws do protect minority voters. they forget to mention the paper's author. horace cooper has quite a history of false tying documents. as it is reported this morning he was not middle of the abromov scandal. he wrote the voter i.d. study for the national public policy research. the group calls itself a conservative...
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and guess what you are punished for violating the law, because we're still a nation of laws yet we don't condemn people or give them the most extreme of punishments, so i think if we remain reasonable, the republicans will find a way to simply reverse their course and -- and appear to be more reasonable about things, but there's still -- there's an element over there on the house side, and i don't know steve king, and others are still going to be taking the floor and saying things that republican leadership will have to disavow, which they never did before so i think that -- i'm hopeful, and there's some good signs coming out of the republican side from speaker boehner and others we'll have to see what lamar smith -- he is chair of the judiciary committee, but will no longer be the chair. and that's the first stop for immigration reform. >> bill: charlie of course it has got to get to congress and the president is the one ultimately who will have to take the lead, congressman. he was criticized by many progressives and leaders of the latino community for not pushing harder for immigratio
and guess what you are punished for violating the law, because we're still a nation of laws yet we don't condemn people or give them the most extreme of punishments, so i think if we remain reasonable, the republicans will find a way to simply reverse their course and -- and appear to be more reasonable about things, but there's still -- there's an element over there on the house side, and i don't know steve king, and others are still going to be taking the floor and saying things that...
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by law, they cannot be a profit-making organization. so it's gotta exist on the moneys that come in and what they did you start in 1970, the salaries that the postal employees make have tracked inflation. they haven't gone up any greater than inflation which is good for the employees. it is good for the american people. the product that we sell, the postage starch, the postage stamp has tracked well below inflation. in other words give you an example when the stamps were a nickel and newspapers were a nickel stamps were 25 cents and newspapers were 25. we're at 45 now and most newspapers are now $1.50. something like that. so we have tracked well below inflation in the same type of information media that the newspapers are in. now i think it has been great for the american people. now if you look at the other countries around the world like a germany which is very small compared to the united states, their postage rates are 78 cents. and you have to remember in germany, because they're a socialist nation, the postal service is not sappe
by law, they cannot be a profit-making organization. so it's gotta exist on the moneys that come in and what they did you start in 1970, the salaries that the postal employees make have tracked inflation. they haven't gone up any greater than inflation which is good for the employees. it is good for the american people. the product that we sell, the postage starch, the postage stamp has tracked well below inflation. in other words give you an example when the stamps were a nickel and newspapers...
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a law school classmate of mine is participating in this they think long run this is a way to generate some -- a change in the emotional content of the relationship. >> john: i can think of no greater gift israel and palestine can give to the next generation. governor can you stick around to talk about any fiscal cliff? >> absolutely. >> john: this is the "bill press show." we'll be back right after this. >> announcer: chatting with you live at current.com/billpress. this is the "bill press show." ♪ >> announcer: heard around the country, and seen on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> john: this is the "bill press show," i'm john fugelsang, filling in for bill all morning long. we wish you a very happy thanksgiving. i'm happy for governor eliot spitzer post of "viewpoint" on current tv. >> man after an introduction like that i almost couldn't start talking. >> john: it might be a little bit over the top -- >> the guy i have to share the mic with every now and again -- >> john: i love filling in for you, but what i love most about your show is because i call it the master c
a law school classmate of mine is participating in this they think long run this is a way to generate some -- a change in the emotional content of the relationship. >> john: i can think of no greater gift israel and palestine can give to the next generation. governor can you stick around to talk about any fiscal cliff? >> absolutely. >> john: this is the "bill press show." we'll be back right after this. >> announcer: chatting with you live at...
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ben says i am for high-speed limits so yes, it's i gree with this law. look at germany with an unlimited speed limit but the lowest accident rate. why? because they drive smarter than us. >> how about the pizza shop owner picking up the president. sheldon siegel says maybe the owner misunderstood when the president said he wants to pick up some votes in florida. and john carter says as usual obama showed poise and genuine ease with a regular guy. here's a good question. can you imagine romney in a similar situation? guy who picked up romney. romney would have made a face as if the guy was diseased or something. romney would not have known how to handle it. no doubt about it! >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." . [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey hello everybody. good to see you today. this is tuesday, september 11th. and this is the "full court press" on current tv. welcome to the program. good to see you. we'll talk about the meaning of september 11th here, the day we have to remember and reflect upon how great it is to be americans and what a gre
ben says i am for high-speed limits so yes, it's i gree with this law. look at germany with an unlimited speed limit but the lowest accident rate. why? because they drive smarter than us. >> how about the pizza shop owner picking up the president. sheldon siegel says maybe the owner misunderstood when the president said he wants to pick up some votes in florida. and john carter says as usual obama showed poise and genuine ease with a regular guy. here's a good question. can you imagine...
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up paid all of the taxes required by law. i don't pay any more. frankly if i had paid more than are legally due, i don't think i would be qualified to become president. romny be willing or unable to answer that question the take it from me. he knows damn well what he paid in tax. he knows damn well if he paid 13.9%, less than 13.9% and that's why he won't release his tax returns. tejz he did. there were years when he paid zero, zero in taxes, probably got a refund, not saying he is a tax sheet. he knows the loopholes and he knows the loopholes and takes add vantsage of every one of them. >> on what planet does he think wibelieve on when he says i don't know. come on. >> yeah. the other way mitt romney steps on his you know what again in jerusalem when he had a big fundraiser earlier today at the king david hotel where the wealthy jewish republicans why the united states influence over there, including sheldon adelson, newt gingrich's friend from the venetian hotel in las vegas said he will put up $100 million to try to get romney elected. i was th
up paid all of the taxes required by law. i don't pay any more. frankly if i had paid more than are legally due, i don't think i would be qualified to become president. romny be willing or unable to answer that question the take it from me. he knows damn well what he paid in tax. he knows damn well if he paid 13.9%, less than 13.9% and that's why he won't release his tax returns. tejz he did. there were years when he paid zero, zero in taxes, probably got a refund, not saying he is a tax sheet....
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hate the healthcare law. they are not going to hate it anymore if it goes down. >> i could see how the obama campaign could use it to their loss in the court. >> to rally the base. >> and say this is why the sprrt is so important. >> that's whysupreme court is so important. >> that's why we need to keep obama there and it would be worse if you have a republican president. i think he comes out of it okay. >> that's about right. >> so then, the other question is: look at santorum and look at romney. can santorum run on the social issues in the general election were he to become the nominee? >> i don't think connection. you have seen romney very smartly stay away from the social issues and try to make this all about the economy. he hasn't been so successful. >> we will get to that next. >> but it's hard to see how if you are santorum you roughen on contraception, for instance. you hear his wife even having to say on cnn, hey, my husband is okay. he is fine with contraception. he is not going to do anything. she
hate the healthcare law. they are not going to hate it anymore if it goes down. >> i could see how the obama campaign could use it to their loss in the court. >> to rally the base. >> and say this is why the sprrt is so important. >> that's whysupreme court is so important. >> that's why we need to keep obama there and it would be worse if you have a republican president. i think he comes out of it okay. >> that's about right. >> so then, the other...
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that law. the problem. again, they haven't even published the new rules and regulations called for under dodd-frank because the banks have been able to block them. donald is out in aurora, i will illinois. >> hi, bill. what's up? >> i don't think anything is going to be done. the issue will be blown over give it a couple of weeks. typical america, you know how they are. >> i understand where they are coming from. i hope you are wrong. that's in what happened after the collapse, you know look how quickly people have forgotten what happened in 2008. >> the thing is on wall street how these guys are talking about the stocks, they were in the state of hysteria all the time even when the stop market is up. they were upset about this. because it exposes them. it shows the people what they are up to. they were absolutely livid, one of the announcers. i don't remember his name. unless another bank bales and goes down this road, maybe then they might waken up. >> good point. before we run out of time he
that law. the problem. again, they haven't even published the new rules and regulations called for under dodd-frank because the banks have been able to block them. donald is out in aurora, i will illinois. >> hi, bill. what's up? >> i don't think anything is going to be done. the issue will be blown over give it a couple of weeks. typical america, you know how they are. >> i understand where they are coming from. i hope you are wrong. that's in what happened after the...
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they just changed the law. unless i am getting facts wrong and i could be because i haven't been there for about a month but they got this enormouts, the state income tax in kansas no longer exists for small businesses the cokes don't have to pay the state income tax. if they take a few steps, you know, and sort of billed some legal entities to run their income through, which is very easy to do? >> president obama pointed out that under the definition of the sba, small business administration definition 97.3% of small businesses would get the tax cut under his tax plan because they make less than $250,000. the only ones who would have to pay more on their income over 250,000 are those that like the koch brothers. >> shuj companies. >> these big law firms or something or whatever and they file as small businesses. it's a joke. thousands of employees and millions, billions of dollars in profits? >> this is a fascinating question. >> again it's the two % in both cases? >> and then this huge, you know grassroots ar
they just changed the law. unless i am getting facts wrong and i could be because i haven't been there for about a month but they got this enormouts, the state income tax in kansas no longer exists for small businesses the cokes don't have to pay the state income tax. if they take a few steps, you know, and sort of billed some legal entities to run their income through, which is very easy to do? >> president obama pointed out that under the definition of the sba, small business...
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he signed a law in february necessitating new spending laws are paid for. and the signed into law over 2 trillion in debt reduction over the last decade. and they accused of obama of a prairie fire of spending. and he added as much debt as almost all of the past presidents combined. ♪ lie, lie, lie, lie ♪ >> if you look at the graph here, so reagan, as i was saying is the highest here at 8.7% from '82 to '85. who is the lowest? y, it's president obama at only 1.4%. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> well, there i go again. >> right? exactly. >> exactly. >> i believe jay carney said something similar he was citing a "politico" piece. he quoted it of all the falsehoods told about obama the biggest one is the spending spree. federal spending is rising at its slowest pace since dwight eisenhower -- >> hapless hubert hoover. >> say that five times fast -- >> when you are a drunk. >> that is a fact never mentioned by the republicans. he said don't buy into the bs in regard to fiscal restraint in regard to this administration. ted you are on the "stephanie miller
he signed a law in february necessitating new spending laws are paid for. and the signed into law over 2 trillion in debt reduction over the last decade. and they accused of obama of a prairie fire of spending. and he added as much debt as almost all of the past presidents combined. ♪ lie, lie, lie, lie ♪ >> if you look at the graph here, so reagan, as i was saying is the highest here at 8.7% from '82 to '85. who is the lowest? y, it's president obama at only 1.4%. [ bell chimes ] [...
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. >> now, and president obama has said, it's not a law but it has certainly become the tradition that any candidate running for president releases tax returns. obama has released 12 years. joe biden has released 12 years. and you know damn well paul ryan -- paul ryan had to give mitt romney more than one or two years when he was vetted. sue was up in fairport new york. hi, sue. >> thanks so much? >> thank you. >> questions: 13% of what? >> yeah. >> what income? >> we don't know. >> the question. 13% of what? of $10 is what? >> uh-huh. right. >> 13% of what? 13% of what kind of taxes and 13%, what were all of the deductions that he took? right? how did he get down to 13%. >> 13% of what income. >> exactly. no. no. again, we don't know and we don't know how he was able to shave it down to 13%. but i go back to where we started: there are so many questions. it's ridiculous to think this is going to bury it or that we should swallow this. 13%? he is supposed to be paying three times that. okay? now, how is he not -- how is he able to get it down so tiny and then he brags about 13? come on
. >> now, and president obama has said, it's not a law but it has certainly become the tradition that any candidate running for president releases tax returns. obama has released 12 years. joe biden has released 12 years. and you know damn well paul ryan -- paul ryan had to give mitt romney more than one or two years when he was vetted. sue was up in fairport new york. hi, sue. >> thanks so much? >> thank you. >> questions: 13% of what? >> yeah. >> what...
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laws and how critical they are to this election. tell us, vice president about your experience in 2000. we remember the speech from 1980 where they said, i don't want more people to vote. i only want our guys to vote. tell us what happened in 2000 and has it gotten worse? >> al gore: well, it's been written about. [laughter] more interesting is what happened after the immediate aftermath of the 2000 election when there was seemingly a bipartisan determination to fix the chaos and to have more justice in the procedures for registering and voting. and then nothing happened. of course, this right wing organization that brings state legislators, alec, made it a key part of their agenda. and then a lot of states simultaneously passed these laws to restrict the franchise. in the united states this goes back a long way. our founders have this debate. benjamin franklin was the most eloquent voice against having property ownership requirement for voting. then the jim crow laws came in to purposely restrict african-americans from being able t
laws and how critical they are to this election. tell us, vice president about your experience in 2000. we remember the speech from 1980 where they said, i don't want more people to vote. i only want our guys to vote. tell us what happened in 2000 and has it gotten worse? >> al gore: well, it's been written about. [laughter] more interesting is what happened after the immediate aftermath of the 2000 election when there was seemingly a bipartisan determination to fix the chaos and to have...
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most of the law fell. the part of the law that gave police and local authorities a wide latitude to check the status of people who they think might be illegal immigrants. they did preserve a section of the law that said police can check people's papers when they are arrested or detained but even there the court warned that they will be watching the application of that provision very closely. so we could see another case pop up on that as soon as somebody is busted under it. >> the other provisions were overturned. >> right exactly the the only law that is preserved is police can check the status. they can already do that anyway. the practical effect is the state has less power to basically stop people they just happen on to think are illegal immigrants and it said it's a federal not state responsibility. >> president obama has been saying and what the administration has been saying. the anticipation is on the healthcare ruling. the supreme court claiming the drama, extending the drama for as long as they c
most of the law fell. the part of the law that gave police and local authorities a wide latitude to check the status of people who they think might be illegal immigrants. they did preserve a section of the law that said police can check people's papers when they are arrested or detained but even there the court warned that they will be watching the application of that provision very closely. so we could see another case pop up on that as soon as somebody is busted under it. >> the other...
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he saw himself, you know, as he was just a -- he was a law enforcement zealot. he went over the line out of the way, carried a gun when he shouldn't have and attacked this kid when he shouldn't have. throw the book at him. >> this is the bill press show. ♪♪ ♪ >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the bill press show. >> 33 minutes after the hour, friday may 25th, memorial day weekend starts today. this is the full court press coming to you live all across this grand land and brought to you by ulico incorporated serving the union workplace for more than 80 years, providing specialty insurance, investment products and services. to find out more go to their website, ullico.com. president obama out in des moines jed after he visited -- after he visited a solar manufacturing plant at -- in newton, iowa, went to des moines for a campaign stop where he really picked up the bain capital issue again and said look. here is the point. creating wealth for investors does not prepare you to be president of the united states. >> there may be value fo
he saw himself, you know, as he was just a -- he was a law enforcement zealot. he went over the line out of the way, carried a gun when he shouldn't have and attacked this kid when he shouldn't have. throw the book at him. >> this is the bill press show. ♪♪ ♪ >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the bill press show. >> 33 minutes after the hour, friday may 25th, memorial day weekend starts today. this is the full court press coming to you live all...
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where they have, we have laws that address voter fraud. putting forth a bill or legislation which we state that requires you to get a government id to be able to vote is downright repressive and takes us back to the days that i remember in texas where african-americans had to go through and jump through all of these hoops just to vote. and then you get to the polls and then something else was wrong and so it's a real fundamental issue that is set up to deny democrats, seniors young people, people of color the opportunity to vote which, of course would help take us back to the year 2000 to when these elections were. >> when you were the head of the -- or co-head or whatever of the progressive caucus i remember you and lynn wooley and maxine waters, the three -- you had a name. >> the triad. yes. we were going to be the triad at a press conference. >> you traveled around the country expressing sirerious concerns about the war in iraq and afghanistan. are we getting out of afghanistan fast enough. >> not fast enough. i have been working -- i
where they have, we have laws that address voter fraud. putting forth a bill or legislation which we state that requires you to get a government id to be able to vote is downright repressive and takes us back to the days that i remember in texas where african-americans had to go through and jump through all of these hoops just to vote. and then you get to the polls and then something else was wrong and so it's a real fundamental issue that is set up to deny democrats, seniors young people,...
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they wrote the laws. the state legislatures and the alec members almost exclusively republicans but not quite than -- went and brought those to their legislatures, passed them and put them into law. you've had people like the majority leader of the pennsylvania house of representatives who have, you know, all but explicitly said that this is, in fact, designed so mitt romney can win the election. he pretty much said those words. pennsylvania will go republican because we have the voter i.d. rules. >> bill: pennsylvania of course one of the key battleground states in this election. no doubt about it. i'm amazed there hasn't been more attention the media hasn't paid more attention to this campaign of voter suppression around the country. i know many of you called about it and talked about it before. here it is now in pennsylvania. also florida governor of florida has already had this kind of voter purge. he's back with another -- we'll ask about that when we come back. we'll take a quick break. this attempt
they wrote the laws. the state legislatures and the alec members almost exclusively republicans but not quite than -- went and brought those to their legislatures, passed them and put them into law. you've had people like the majority leader of the pennsylvania house of representatives who have, you know, all but explicitly said that this is, in fact, designed so mitt romney can win the election. he pretty much said those words. pennsylvania will go republican because we have the voter i.d....
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deal with a congressional inquiry into this gun running operation, fast and furious to essentially law guns to go to mexico so our government could track who had them and then would that in and make arrests. there were mistakes along the way, guns were not tracked after allowed to flow into mexico and a federal agent was killed and since then, a federal investigation. as part of the assertion of executive privilege by the obama administration, in other words the idea that certain communications certain discussion that the justice department should be shielded from congress, folks pointed out that four years ago, five years ago, then senator obama made an argument against the bush administration's assertion of executive privilege related to karl rove and the effort by the bush administration to fire some federal prosecutors for political gain. here's then senator obama five years ago. >> there's been a tendency on the part of this administration to try to hide behind executive privilege every time there's something a little shaky that's taking place and i think the administration would
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they had a thing with a guy, which i'm guessing was wayne law pierre. but then they made a little room in their schedule. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: i was talking about this about bob cessna -- not cess-ka. he is not a plane. >> there's piper and there's cessna. >> stephanie: right. >> all right. and -- well -- >> stephanie: no, it was an interesting piece. escape mental patient appears on the piers morgan show. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: do we hope to debunk their extremist views and increase their popularity? my thought at the time was at the entire time -- jones is not a serious participate in the discourse and contributes nothing of substance. and therefore should have been ignored. in hindsight i was wrong. because i was just saying to jacki what better point for gun control. >> yeah. >> stephanie: by the way it is an not an about. jones is a faker insofar as he amplifies his views for greater impact. other people have told me i'm not crazy enough -- >> no you are not. >> stephanie: i need to get a lo
they had a thing with a guy, which i'm guessing was wayne law pierre. but then they made a little room in their schedule. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: i was talking about this about bob cessna -- not cess-ka. he is not a plane. >> there's piper and there's cessna. >> stephanie: right. >> all right. and -- well -- >> stephanie: no, it was an interesting piece. escape mental patient appears on the piers morgan show. [♪ "world...
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i don't think that should hold up the law. at least they've got a personal involvement. what reason can you have to deny two people in love these benefits and it is not economic because it has a negligent effect on the economy. >> bill: congressman barney frank our guest in studio on this tuesday edition of the "full court press." congressman, yesterday president obama in the east room of the white house announcing his plan asking congress -- i thought made a very strong argument since we all agree that we should not raise tax cuts on the middle class, let's do something we all agree on and give people making under $250,000 a year a tax break this year. do you think it has a prayer in this republican-led congress? >> no. because the idea logic of a republican party -- i started in politics 40 years ago. i ran for state legislator and the year i ran for the first time as a democrat for the massachusetts legislature, i was a public supporter of a public incentive for re-election. i didn't agree with him on all of the issues. he was a reasonable moderate -- >> bill: you pub
i don't think that should hold up the law. at least they've got a personal involvement. what reason can you have to deny two people in love these benefits and it is not economic because it has a negligent effect on the economy. >> bill: congressman barney frank our guest in studio on this tuesday edition of the "full court press." congressman, yesterday president obama in the east room of the white house announcing his plan asking congress -- i thought made a very strong...
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my interpretation but they say we know it wasn't going to become law. so we just voted for it to show what we stand for. >> that's why washington is broken. these guys came to congress saying they wern the going to be part of that old inside the beltway we didn't really mean what we did. we didn't mean what we said. we just said it. >> that's why people are looking for solutions and i tell you what, the candidates we have out there, a two-star general in virginia, a police chief in orlando, florida who brought crime down 40%, a nasa astronaut, small business people. i don't think a two-star general or a nasa astronaut would ever say, well, i didn't really mean what i said. they are about solutions and there is an unquenchable thirst in this country for solutions. >> do you think, though, that the -- how will the presidential overlay if you are in a battleground state -- >> good question. >> put it this way. out of your 46 and 18, how many of those seats are in battleground states. >> it's a fascinating question. there is going to be a phenomenon in this
my interpretation but they say we know it wasn't going to become law. so we just voted for it to show what we stand for. >> that's why washington is broken. these guys came to congress saying they wern the going to be part of that old inside the beltway we didn't really mean what we did. we didn't mean what we said. we just said it. >> that's why people are looking for solutions and i tell you what, the candidates we have out there, a two-star general in virginia, a police chief in...
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he said he never praised the arizona anti immigration law. wrong. he excused president obama of waiting 14 days before calling the attack in libya an act of terror. wrong. and like joe biden before, president obama called mitt romney out on every lie. yep, we progressives needed a lift last night and president obama delivered it. have a great day folks see you right back here again tomorrow. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: good morning welcome to talking liberally or as we've renameds it -- >> binders full of women. >> stephanie: there's one now. >> i want to be a sparkly trapper keeper! [ laughter ] >> stephanie: let's take a moment to say woot, woot, woot! go barack. did i say? everybody calm down for god's sakes. >> he took his biden
he said he never praised the arizona anti immigration law. wrong. he excused president obama of waiting 14 days before calling the attack in libya an act of terror. wrong. and like joe biden before, president obama called mitt romney out on every lie. yep, we progressives needed a lift last night and president obama delivered it. have a great day folks see you right back here again tomorrow. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: good...
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being a true conservative, the same man she once condemned because of his massachusetts healthcare law and the same man she once said could never, ever beat barack obama. well, at least she got that right. just juan -- just one of the things we'll be talking about. first here with today's current tv news update out in los angeles, jacki she schechner. hi jacki. >> good morning, everyone. mitt romney and rick santorum will get together today in pittsburgh. the first time the two have met up since they are former opponents and rick santorum dropped out of the race. in honor of the meeting the dnc has released a new video called rick, we couldn't agree more. >> if mitt romney is an economic heavyweight, we're in trouble. because he was 47th out of 50 in job creation in the state of massachusetts when he was governor. >> the video also uses a clip from one of the gazillion g.o.p. debates where santorum talks about the importance of boosting manufacturing and we hear that will be a key issue that comes up at today's meeting. this video is not unlike the one we saw from the obama campaign on
being a true conservative, the same man she once condemned because of his massachusetts healthcare law and the same man she once said could never, ever beat barack obama. well, at least she got that right. just juan -- just one of the things we'll be talking about. first here with today's current tv news update out in los angeles, jacki she schechner. hi jacki. >> good morning, everyone. mitt romney and rick santorum will get together today in pittsburgh. the first time the two have met...
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there is no law. they are not breaking any laws. they have said it over and over again. they are not breaking any laws, but it's not patriotic and -- >> so you are saying the people at bain capital are not patriotic or the politicians are kissing their butts? >> the people doing this at bain capital and democrats that are doing the same thing, it's not the patriotic thing to do. but there is -- they haven't passed any laws. so it's not illegal to do what they are doing it. that formula is not illegal. >> right about that. the president never has said that it is. he has said mainly that this is not the kind of experience if you will or expertise as you need as president of the united states. i thought he made it very clear in chicago the other day. he said, look, the job of a guy like mit romney is to make money for the wealthy investors in other words to serve the 1%. the job of the president of the united states is to make sure that everybody gets a fair shot in this country. the job of the president of the united states is not to protect and make even more wealthy the
there is no law. they are not breaking any laws. they have said it over and over again. they are not breaking any laws, but it's not patriotic and -- >> so you are saying the people at bain capital are not patriotic or the politicians are kissing their butts? >> the people doing this at bain capital and democrats that are doing the same thing, it's not the patriotic thing to do. but there is -- they haven't passed any laws. so it's not illegal to do what they are doing it. that...
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identity theft operations that cost banks and retail stores millions and test the technical savvy of law enforcement. there again, identity theft in the news. you hear those stories and it reminds you, you should be doing something about it. i have. got the protection of life-lock ultimate. you need it and you ought to look into it. the most comprehensive id theft production ever made. life lock can't protect you or your bank account if you are not a mer. call now, mention press 60 for 60 risk-free days of the life lock ultimate protection. try it out. if you don't like it, call within another 60 days and cancel. they will give you a full refund. see lifelock.com for details and give them a call at 1800-356-5967. 1-800-356-5967. the thing that i find most delicious, and i didn't know this about paul ryan until yesterday. he says, now, here is -- he said yesterday, in one of his interviews, here is what i will bring to the ticket. here is what i offer: >> i believe that my record of getting things done in congress. >> uh-huh. >> will be very helpful compliment to governor romney's executi
identity theft operations that cost banks and retail stores millions and test the technical savvy of law enforcement. there again, identity theft in the news. you hear those stories and it reminds you, you should be doing something about it. i have. got the protection of life-lock ultimate. you need it and you ought to look into it. the most comprehensive id theft production ever made. life lock can't protect you or your bank account if you are not a mer. call now, mention press 60 for 60...
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it's a big law. it had big objectives and people who designed it felt it had to change the healthcare system in a lot of ways that were related and overlapping in order to accomplish all of the goals. the downside is that plic indicated policy is differenticult to explain. >> i will ask you a complicated, difficult question. >> that's one of the things the supreme court could conceivably do is they will strike down not the entire thing but just parts of it. explain which parts do you think might be vulnerable and how that impacts healthcare for most americans. >> sure. i think there are twoling scenarios. one is there is this individual mandate, the requirement that everyone either carry some type of health insurance or pay a fee to the federal government. there is this argument that, you know, it's not constitutional to require people to purchase insurance. so that's the first question before the court is: will this provision hold up? if the court says no, they could decide, okay. we are just going
it's a big law. it had big objectives and people who designed it felt it had to change the healthcare system in a lot of ways that were related and overlapping in order to accomplish all of the goals. the downside is that plic indicated policy is differenticult to explain. >> i will ask you a complicated, difficult question. >> that's one of the things the supreme court could conceivably do is they will strike down not the entire thing but just parts of it. explain which parts do...
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they're gone to wisconsin and they're pushing through state-level laws. everybody thinks all the action is happening at the federal level, and certainly so much of that is happening. but keep your eye on what is happening in state legislatures across the country. >> that's where the state voteer repression has come from. >> eliot: north carolina pivoting from textile to tobacco to high tech intellectually based economy. they've done it superbly well. they may begin to lose that shine because folks like jim hunt are no longer running the show. >> cenk: this is why i believe in howard dean's 50-state strategy. we need to get the message everywhere. do you remember that story we did last week about how at a mining company they said, all right, you all take the day off and go to mitt romney's campaign, and we're not going to pay you for that day. they're angry. they're not stupid. they get it. they got screwed and used as stooges in a mitt romney photo op. if we made our case we would have a shot. but money is overwhelming. especially in those state places wh
they're gone to wisconsin and they're pushing through state-level laws. everybody thinks all the action is happening at the federal level, and certainly so much of that is happening. but keep your eye on what is happening in state legislatures across the country. >> that's where the state voteer repression has come from. >> eliot: north carolina pivoting from textile to tobacco to high tech intellectually based economy. they've done it superbly well. they may begin to lose that...
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law could make a difference. >> so it's easier to get 6,000 round of ammo than to vote. >> stephanie: yes, they helped to pass voter i.d. in wisconsin and it could be a boon for the electoral process. they're admitting it. where was it, chris, the philadelphia. >> yes. >> stephanie: republicans said voter i.d. is going to allow governor romney to allow the state of pennsylvania. >> and voter fraud is not a problem in this country. >> nope. >> stephanie: approximately. >> election fraud. >> stephanie: lack government issued voteer i.d. >> this is how you keep old folks and poor folks from voting. >> stephanie: right now it's been blocked in state court. this is going to be the big fight, whether this is reinstated or not in time for the election. >> i always say it's not liberal versus conservative, it's aristocracy versus democracy. it's rich people who don't want poor and working folks voting. that's what it's all about. >> stephanie: michelle bachmann and louie gommert called john mccain numb nuts. i think he could rip his head off and. [ bleep ] his neck. >> i heard. >> stephanie:
law could make a difference. >> so it's easier to get 6,000 round of ammo than to vote. >> stephanie: yes, they helped to pass voter i.d. in wisconsin and it could be a boon for the electoral process. they're admitting it. where was it, chris, the philadelphia. >> yes. >> stephanie: republicans said voter i.d. is going to allow governor romney to allow the state of pennsylvania. >> and voter fraud is not a problem in this country. >> nope. >> stephanie:...
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and helped pass landmark laws like the voting rights act. dad later became another great governor of ohio. [ cheering ] but one of his proudest accomplishments was when, as a congressman, he helped to draft and pass medicare. today, dad's 91. and he's a happy beneficiary of that effort to bring quality healthcare to every senior citizen. and president obama is building on that legacy. by bringing quality and secure healthcare to every american. i was governor of kansas when mitt romney was governor of massachusetts. [ cheering ] many of us watched in amazement and envy, even, as he passed a universal healthcare law in his state. republicans may see romney care as a scarlet letter. but for us democrats obama care is a badge of honor. [ cheering ] because no matter who you are what stage of life you're in, this law is a good thing. first, if you already have insurance you like, you can keep it. insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover americans with pre-existing conditions. that's what change looks like. more than five million seniors
and helped pass landmark laws like the voting rights act. dad later became another great governor of ohio. [ cheering ] but one of his proudest accomplishments was when, as a congressman, he helped to draft and pass medicare. today, dad's 91. and he's a happy beneficiary of that effort to bring quality healthcare to every senior citizen. and president obama is building on that legacy. by bringing quality and secure healthcare to every american. i was governor of kansas when mitt romney was...